The mini map has been a staple of racing and open-world games for decades, teaching us to navigate virtual cities with quick glances at a corner of the screen. A developer has now made that experience tangible, building a GPS-based mini map system for actual driving that recreates the look and feel of Need for Speed...

Perched at the Osaka Health Pavilion during Expo 2025, a translucent dome hums with life. Inside, tomatoes ripen above brackish water while pufferfish swim below, their waste feeding the plants that clean their home. This is “Inochi no Izumi,” or “Source of Life,” a 21-foot-high sphere that reimagines how...

The Toyota IMV Origin arrived at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show stripped down to almost nothing, and that was entirely intentional. Where conventional vehicle concepts arrive polished and production ready, the IMV Origin presented itself as a skeletal flatbed with an open air single seat cab, barely recognizable as a...

Remember when technology came in flavors instead of just space gray and black? 8BitDo certainly does, and the company is channeling serious late-90s energy with its newly announced Funtastic Limited Editions. These eight new colors for the 64 Bluetooth Controller embrace the translucent design language that once made...

Every LEGO fan knows the brick separator, but far fewer have a dedicated way to measure their creations. The Stud Measure steps into that gap with a compact case, a flexible tape, and markings that translate directly into the geometry of the LEGO system. It is designed for anyone who has ever counted studs by hand...

If you’re into pomp and show, turn back now. This camping trailer isn’t for you. But if the bare essentials are enough to make your adventures fun, read on. Before that, though, check out the video above. It’s easily the strangest promo I’ve ever seen for a trailer. Cinematically shot 4k videos of full-equipped...

Remember when catching fireflies in a jar was peak childhood entertainment? Yeah, me neither, because apparently we’re all too busy doom-scrolling. But here’s the thing: a group of designers just created something that might actually get today’s kids to put down their tablets and start chasing butterflies...

The Dyson x Porter OnTrac Limited Edition collaboration arrives as a pointed departure from typical brand partnerships. Rather than applying co-branded graphics to existing products, this project positions two objects as components of a single system built around commuter behavior. The headphones and bag share...

Conference badges are usually flimsy cardboard, a lanyard, maybe a QR code, and they end up in a drawer once the event wraps up. In the maker world, people already strap LEDs and e‑paper to their jackets for fun, but those tend to be one‑off hacks held together with tape and hope. Pimoroni’s Badgeware line asks a...

Who can forget the charm of rotary phones that were a lifeline in the early ’90s and ’80s? Their iconic mechanical dialling wheel with finger holes, solid build quality, and the unique clicking sound. Everything inside the machine was mechanical and wired on the inside to make communication possible. Even after...